Fence-post.



No. 764,468. PATENTED JULY 5, 1904,

J., S. & I. HOHULIN.

FENCE POST.

APPLIGATION FILED SEPT. 23, 1901.

NO MODEL.

No. wanes.

NITED STATES Patented July 5, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN HOHULIN; SAMUEL I-IOHULIN, AND 'llMOTHEUS .llOllULlN, OF

GOODFIELD, ILLINOIS.

FENCE-POST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 764,468, dated July 5, 1904.

Application filed September 23,1901. Serial No. 76,294. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, JoI-iN HonULIN, SAM- UEL HQHULIN. and Tmo'rnnus HonULrN, citi- Zens of the United States, residing at Goodfield, in the county of Woodford and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fence-Posts; and we do here by declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Our invention has reference to fence-posts; and the object which we have in view is the construction of a post which may be rigidly anchored in the ground, very simple and durable, and cheap at first cost.

A further object of the invention is to pro vide a means which is easily manipulated for tilting the upper standard of the post for alining the body of the fence vertically and to various details of construction hereinafter more fully described and claimed, due reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a view in elevation illustrating our post when supporting a fence. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the post shown in Fig. 1. Figs. 3 and 4: illustrate in section certain details of construction, and Fig. 5 is a perspective of certain parts, and Fig. 6 is a view in perspective of a portion of the upper end of the base.

In the drawings like numerals refer to corresponding parts of the figures, in which 1 refers to a base-support having the flanged portions 2 and the lower connecting-plate 2 and the upper lateral head-piece 3 with the vertical extension 4. The head-piece 3 is provided with the openings 5, which are elongated for convenience in placing a bolt through the same and are contiguous to its opposite ends. The extension 4.- has the opening 6 elongated for the same reason as openings 5 in head-piece 3, all of which will be further understood.

7 indicates a standard extending up from the extension 4 of the base and is bolted to the same by a bolt passing through the standard and opening 6, as shown in Fig. 2, and the upper end of the standard has the halftwisted portion 8 to throw the upper end around at right angles to its body.

9 9 indicate front and rear braces for the standard. 7, which extend up from a short distance above the head-piece 3, as shown, to a point beyond the upper end of the standard 7 and have portions at 10 half-twisted to conform to the twist of the standard 7 and their upper extended portions have the ornamental faces of the braces and their extensions, and a 15 is a bolt or spindle carried through the braces, tubular pieces, and standard and seoured therein by means of a nut 16. This arrangement insures a positive brace at this point between the standard and braces and is further supplemented by a similar arrangement at a point above where tubular pieces 17 and a bolt 18 and a nut 18 are provided for securing and bracing the parts, as shown, and where the bolt 15 passes through the braces we have provided slots 15 to permit easy movement in placing the bolts through the parts.

19 indicates suitable members of any desired material having upper flat portions 19 and bowed portions 19 and arranged to be seated in the bowed portions of the braces formed by the inturned upwardly-extended portions 13 in the manner shown. They have the perforations 20 in the flat portions 19 and the elongated slots 21 in the bowed portions 19", and the same are held in position by means of bolts 22 passing through the per.

rations 20 and the slots 21 in members 19 and suitable openings in the bowed portions of the braces and openings 5 in the h ad-piece. By this arrangement the lower ends of the braces are firmly attached to the l1cad-picce 3 and will be further described as the means,

together with the arrangement of the braces, by which the entire upper portion of the post is tilted or adjusted laterally for alining the fence when necessary. The upper halftwisted portions of the standard and braces are firmly held together by means of a bolt or similar device, and provision is made at this point for connecting a series of posts in a fence and for bracing the same.

23 is a bolt passing through the standard and braces and through short tubular portions 24, carried on opposite sides of the braces and of length sufficient to carry the ends of the tubular rods 25, arranged between the posts, and 26 is a perforation in the upper ends of the standard and braces arranged for passing through of a cable or stiffeningwire 27 The post having been placed in position and the base secured in the ground in the manner shown in Fig. 1, it is designed to pass the standard 7 down through the body of the mesh of the fabric which it is to support in the manner shown in Fig. 1, so that the fabric will lie between the two braces 9 when the lower end of the standard is secured to the short extension 4 of the head-piece 3, all this being done before the couplings between the standard and braces have been secured in place, which is the next step in setting the post, and then the securing of the lower bowed portions of the braces. hen it is designed to tilt the upper portion of the post to lean to the right or to the left, one or the other of the bolts 22 will be loosened sufficiently to permit that side of the post to be shifted to change the lateral position of the upper end thereof to bring the body of the fabric supported by the post into perfect vertical alinement. hen either bolt 22 is loosened, the carrying of the braces with their bowed portions raised slightly from the base permits the tilting necessary in alining the fence, as the opposite base will then rock on its bolt, all of which is apparent. The movement of the braces at the base when tilting is slight when compared to the lateral movement of the upper end thereof, and there will be little or no cramping of the parts at 14 and 17 as the lateral movement of the post is bodily, or so near so that any variance would not be perceptible. The provision of the flanges, together with the head-piece and lower connecting-plate, provides that when the base has been secured in the ground dirt will fill up between the parts as described and will securely anchor and hold the base therein, and the manner of securing the braces and standard provides for the easy removal of these parts from the base when desired.

The arrangement of the standard with the braces in front and at the rear thereof is such that when a fence has been constructed and supported on our post the appearance will be the same in the rear as at the front, and by supporting the body thereof so as to be in the center of the post it may be more easily adjusted and alined.

WVe do not wish to be limited to the construction and arrangement of parts as shown and above described, as various changes may be made and details resorted to without departing from the scope and principle of invention herein, as it may be deemed advisable to attach the lower ends of the braces to extended devices of the head-piece in an adjustable manner instead ofusing the castings and bow- -ing the lower ends as shown, and the upper extreme ends of the standard and braces may be changed and yet carry out the original idea herein conveyed for bracing a series of posts, all of which would come within the invention herein.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. A fence-post, comprising a base having a head-piece with a vertical extension, a

v standard extending up from the base and attached to the extension of the base, oppositely-placed braces having inturncd upwardly-extended portions, means for adjustably attaching the lower portions of the braces to the head-piece, and means for connecting the body of the braces and standard, all substantially as described.

2. A fence-post, comprising a base having a' head-piece and avertical extension thereof, a standard extending up from the base and connected with the extension, the upper portion of said standard being half twisted as shown, oppositely-placed braces having bowed portions at one end and half-twisted portions at their opposite ends conforming to the twist of the standard, means for connecting the body of the braces and standard, members arranged in the bowed portions of the braces and bolts for connecting the braces and members with the head-piece of the base, in manner and for the purposes set forth.

3. A fence-post, comprising a base having a head-piece, a standard connected. with the head-piece, front and rear braces adjustably connected with the head-piece and connected at their upper ends with the standard, couplings between the body of the braces and standard, and the bolt 23 and tubular portions 24 at the upper end of the post, combined and arranged substantially for the purposes set forth.

4. A fence-post, comprising a base, a standard extending up from the base and connected therewith, oppositely-placed braces having lower bowed portions normally carried a short distance up above the base, connections I between the braces and standard, and means for connecting the lower bowed portions of the braces to the standard permitting of adjustment to tilt the upper end of the braces and standard, substantially for the purposes set forth.

their outer ends connected and supported by posts of the same kind, substantially as speci fied.

In testimony whereof we aifix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN HOHULIN.

SAM. HOHULIN.

TIMOTHEUS HOHULIN.

\Vitnesses:

Greener; ZIMMERMANN, S. C. NIXON. 

